Once it gets OK, Mount Airy will dive into pool work

Construction on a proposed indoor/outdoor swimming pool complex at Mount Airy Casino Resort could start next spring, according to the Scranton engineering firm consulting on the project.

ANDREW SCOTT

Construction on a proposed indoor/outdoor swimming pool complex at Mount Airy Casino Resort could start next spring, according to the Scranton engineering firm consulting on the project.

That's if the Paradise Township Planning Commission at its November meeting recommends township supervisors approve the plan, and if the supervisors agree, said David Osborne, vice president and director of engineering at Ceco Associates Inc.

Osborne first presented plans for the proposed pool/stage complex before the Planning Commission last month and appeared again with Mount Airy attorney Jeffrey Belardi at a commission meeting this week.

Originally proposed was a $4.5 million complex with waterfalls and fire pits, to be located between the casino entrance and resort wing overlooking the lake and golf course.

The total area would have been 51,000 square feet, but Osborne said Wednesday that plans have been revised to scale back the concert stage, which originally was going to accommodate 750 people.

The 19,000-square-foot pool building would have a retractable roof and contain the 11,000-square-foot pool, he said.